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Sara Gruen Quote: “Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I’d choose the corn.”

51. “Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I’d choose the corn.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:.”

52. “I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Afterward, I curl around her. We lie in silence until darkness falls, and then, haltingly, she begins to talk... She speaks without need or even room for response, so I simply hold her and stroke her hair. She talks of the pain, grief, and horror of the past four years; of learning to cope with being the wife of a man so violent and unpredictable his touch made her skin crawl and of thinking, until quite recently, that she’d finally managed to do that. And then, finally, of how my appearance had forced her to realize she hadn’t learned to cope at all.”

53. “Afterward, I curl around her. We lie in silence until darkness falls, and then, haltingly, she begins to talk... She speaks without need or even room for response, so I simply hold her and stroke her hair. She talks of the pain, grief, and horror of the past four years; of learning to cope with being the wife of a man so violent and unpredictable his touch made her skin crawl and of thinking, until quite recently, that she’d finally managed to do that. And then, finally, of how my appearance had forced her to realize she hadn’t learned to cope at all.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “She blamed the lack of real flowers on both weather and the war, and instead put four or five pieces of coal in glass bowls, added water, salt, and ammonia, before finally pouring a mixture of violet and blue ink over them. It was a complete mystery to me how this alchemy would result in anything resembling flowers, but they were “blooming” within the hour.”

54. “She blamed the lack of real flowers on both weather and the war, and instead put four or five pieces of coal in glass bowls, added water, salt, and ammonia, before finally pouring a mixture of violet and blue ink over them. It was a complete mystery to me how this alchemy would result in anything resembling flowers, but they were “blooming” within the hour.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Sometimes the monotony of bingo and sing alongs, ancient dusty people parked in the hallway in wheelchairs makes me long for death, particularly when – remember that I’m one of the ancient dusty people, filed away like some worthless chotski.”

55. “Sometimes the monotony of bingo and sing alongs, ancient dusty people parked in the hallway in wheelchairs makes me long for death, particularly when – remember that I’m one of the ancient dusty people, filed away like some worthless chotski.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “When did I stop being me?”

56. “When did I stop being me?”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I had my whole life planned... I knew exactly where it was taking me...”

57. “I had my whole life planned... I knew exactly where it was taking me...”

Sara Gruen Quote: “In seventy years, I’ve never told a blessed soul.”

58. “In seventy years, I’ve never told a blessed soul.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “It’s like Charlie told the cop. For this old man, this is home.”

59. “It’s like Charlie told the cop. For this old man, this is home.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all set against a backdrop of looming danger. Anne Fortier casts a new light on one of history’s greatest stories of passion. I was swept away.”

60. “Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all set against a backdrop of looming danger. Anne Fortier casts a new light on one of history’s greatest stories of passion. I was swept away.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “In your thirties something strange starts to happen. It’s a mere hiccup at first, an instant of hesitation. How old are you? Oh, I’m – you start confidently, but then you stop. You were going to say thirty-three, but you’re not. You’re thirty-five. And then you’re bothered, because you wonder if this is the beginning of the end. It is, of course, but it’s decades before you admit it.”

61. “In your thirties something strange starts to happen. It’s a mere hiccup at first, an instant of hesitation. How old are you? Oh, I’m – you start confidently, but then you stop. You were going to say thirty-three, but you’re not. You’re thirty-five. And then you’re bothered, because you wonder if this is the beginning of the end. It is, of course, but it’s decades before you admit it.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “You call your child by the names of all your other children and finally the dog before you get to his.”

62. “You call your child by the names of all your other children and finally the dog before you get to his.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I just think I’m better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.”

63. “I just think I’m better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You’ve never seen such grief – even the dogs were howling.”

64. “I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of Canadian whiskey to the man who puts on the best show. You’ve never seen such grief – even the dogs were howling.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I paused beneath the arched entrance, where the drawbridge had once been, imagining all the people who had passed in and out over the centuries, every one of them carrying a combination of desire, hope, jealousy, despair, grief, love, and every other human emotion; a combination that made each one as unique as a snowflake, yet linked all of them inextricably to every other human being from the dawn of time to the end of it.”

65. “I paused beneath the arched entrance, where the drawbridge had once been, imagining all the people who had passed in and out over the centuries, every one of them carrying a combination of desire, hope, jealousy, despair, grief, love, and every other human emotion; a combination that made each one as unique as a snowflake, yet linked all of them inextricably to every other human being from the dawn of time to the end of it.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I don’t like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn’t want to be written in a certain way.”

66. “I don’t like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn’t want to be written in a certain way.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?”

67. “Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Sometimes when you get older – and I’m not talking about you, I’m talking generally, because everyone ages differently – things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they’re part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they’re not true – why, then you get offended because you can’t remember the first part. All you know is that you’ve been called a liar.”

68. “Sometimes when you get older – and I’m not talking about you, I’m talking generally, because everyone ages differently – things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they’re part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they’re not true – why, then you get offended because you can’t remember the first part. All you know is that you’ve been called a liar.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I’m writing.”

69. “I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I’m writing.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “But then this Isabelle turned and laughed and in that instant I saw my wife. This made me weepy and these people whom I didn’t recognize exchanged furtive glances and shortly thereafter announced that it was time to leave because Grandpa needed his rest. They patted my hand and they tucked my blanket in around my knees, and they left. They went out into the world, and they left me here. And to this day I have no idea who they were. I.”

70. “But then this Isabelle turned and laughed and in that instant I saw my wife. This made me weepy and these people whom I didn’t recognize exchanged furtive glances and shortly thereafter announced that it was time to leave because Grandpa needed his rest. They patted my hand and they tucked my blanket in around my knees, and they left. They went out into the world, and they left me here. And to this day I have no idea who they were. I.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.”

71. “I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they’re going to disappear – that’s terrifically sad. Wouldn’t it be great if we could stop that?”

72. “Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they’re going to disappear – that’s terrifically sad. Wouldn’t it be great if we could stop that?”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Age is a terrible thief. Just when you’re getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back.”

73. “Age is a terrible thief. Just when you’re getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “At this moment, the story in his head was perfect. He also knew from experience that it would degenerate the second he started typing, because such was the nature of writing.”

74. “At this moment, the story in his head was perfect. He also knew from experience that it would degenerate the second he started typing, because such was the nature of writing.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “The business of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” was one of the aphorisms his boss liked to quote.”

75. “The business of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” was one of the aphorisms his boss liked to quote.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “He only had the imperfect medium of words.”

76. “He only had the imperfect medium of words.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “The thought has cheered me, and I’d like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.”

77. “The thought has cheered me, and I’d like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I sat in silence, absorbing this. They’d wagered that Mr. Ross wouldn’t throw me out if I was on my own, and no thanks to them, they were right. I wasn’t just their plaything, their pretty, fake wife. I was their unwitting pawn, theirs to strategically play.”

78. “I sat in silence, absorbing this. They’d wagered that Mr. Ross wouldn’t throw me out if I was on my own, and no thanks to them, they were right. I wasn’t just their plaything, their pretty, fake wife. I was their unwitting pawn, theirs to strategically play.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “That’s my girl,” he said, struggling upright. “Always up for adventure. You’re not like the other girls, you know. There’s not an ounce of fun in them. That’s why Hank won’t marry Violet, of course. He’s holding out for another you. Only there isn’t one. I’ve got the one and only.”

79. “That’s my girl,” he said, struggling upright. “Always up for adventure. You’re not like the other girls, you know. There’s not an ounce of fun in them. That’s why Hank won’t marry Violet, of course. He’s holding out for another you. Only there isn’t one. I’ve got the one and only.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.”

80. “I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and further, always carry a small snake.”

81. “Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and further, always carry a small snake.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Then she turns to Midnight and perches delicately on his lowered back. He rises, arches his neck, and carries Marlena from the big top. The rest of the horses follow, once again grouped by color, crowding each other to stay close to their mistress.”

82. “Then she turns to Midnight and perches delicately on his lowered back. He rises, arches his neck, and carries Marlena from the big top. The rest of the horses follow, once again grouped by color, crowding each other to stay close to their mistress.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Violet was nothing if not sensible. She didn’t even approve when we pulled entirely harmless pranks, like hiding someone’s yacht in the wrong slip, or turning the racquet club’s pool water purple.”

83. “Violet was nothing if not sensible. She didn’t even approve when we pulled entirely harmless pranks, like hiding someone’s yacht in the wrong slip, or turning the racquet club’s pool water purple.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “She had been warned away from it her entire life, for its depth came quickly, its coldness was fierce, and the Kelpie lay in wait.”

84. “She had been warned away from it her entire life, for its depth came quickly, its coldness was fierce, and the Kelpie lay in wait.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I’m glad nothing requires my intervention, because I’m trying hard to maintain my composure. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a woman naked and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same.”

85. “I’m glad nothing requires my intervention, because I’m trying hard to maintain my composure. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a woman naked and I don’t think I’ll ever be the same.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “What else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That’s the reality of getting old, and I guess that’s really the crux of the matter. I’m not ready to be old yet.”

86. “What else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That’s the reality of getting old, and I guess that’s really the crux of the matter. I’m not ready to be old yet.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “She’s not your friend. She’s a barmaid.”

87. “She’s not your friend. She’s a barmaid.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “At the edges, near the tracks, tall weeds have taken over – tough plants with stringy stalks, small leaves, and compact flowers. Designed to waste energy on nothing but getting their blooms up toward the sun.”

88. “At the edges, near the tracks, tall weeds have taken over – tough plants with stringy stalks, small leaves, and compact flowers. Designed to waste energy on nothing but getting their blooms up toward the sun.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “To say that I wished I wasn’t there would be a ludicrous understatement, but I’d only ever had the illusion of choice: We have to do this, Hank had said. It’s for Ellis. To refuse would have been an act of calculated cruelty. And so, because of my husband’s war with his father and their insane obsession with a mythical monster, we’d crossed the Atlantic at the very same time a real madman, a real monster, was attempting to take over the world for his own reasons of ego and pride.”

89. “To say that I wished I wasn’t there would be a ludicrous understatement, but I’d only ever had the illusion of choice: We have to do this, Hank had said. It’s for Ellis. To refuse would have been an act of calculated cruelty. And so, because of my husband’s war with his father and their insane obsession with a mythical monster, we’d crossed the Atlantic at the very same time a real madman, a real monster, was attempting to take over the world for his own reasons of ego and pride.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “At home, she sulked with extravagance, and I learned early that silence was anything but peaceful. She was always upset about some slight, real or imagined, and more than capable of creating a full-blown crisis out of thin air.”

90. “At home, she sulked with extravagance, and I learned early that silence was anything but peaceful. She was always upset about some slight, real or imagined, and more than capable of creating a full-blown crisis out of thin air.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I came home poorer by several hundred dollars and richer by more books than I could carry.”

91. “I came home poorer by several hundred dollars and richer by more books than I could carry.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I realize the blackness of sleep is circling my head. It’s been there a while, biding its time and growing closer with each revolution. I give up on rage, which at this point has become a formality, and make a mental note to get angry in the morning.”

92. “I realize the blackness of sleep is circling my head. It’s been there a while, biding its time and growing closer with each revolution. I give up on rage, which at this point has become a formality, and make a mental note to get angry in the morning.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Just when you’re getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head...”

93. “Just when you’re getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back. It makes you ache and muddies your head...”

Sara Gruen Quote: “The monster – if there was one – never revealed itself to me again. But what I had learned over the past year was that monsters abound, usually in plain sight.”

94. “The monster – if there was one – never revealed itself to me again. But what I had learned over the past year was that monsters abound, usually in plain sight.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Make yourselves at home, boys. Stay awhile. Oh, sorry – I see you already have. Damn ghosts.”

95. “Make yourselves at home, boys. Stay awhile. Oh, sorry – I see you already have. Damn ghosts.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.”

96. “I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Being the survivor stinks.”

97. “Being the survivor stinks.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “And then I laugh, because it’s so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it’s all I can do to not melt into a fit of giggles. So what if I’m ninety-three? So what if I’m ancient and cranky and my body’s a wreck? If they’re willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn’t I run away with the circus?”

98. “And then I laugh, because it’s so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it’s all I can do to not melt into a fit of giggles. So what if I’m ninety-three? So what if I’m ancient and cranky and my body’s a wreck? If they’re willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn’t I run away with the circus?”

Sara Gruen Quote: “For the rest of the night, all I could think about was how many heads had lain on those pillows before my own.”

99. “For the rest of the night, all I could think about was how many heads had lain on those pillows before my own.”

Sara Gruen Quote: “Beneath it was a photograph of Hank alone, standing shirtless on the deck of a sailboat with his hands on his hips.”

100. “Beneath it was a photograph of Hank alone, standing shirtless on the deck of a sailboat with his hands on his hips.”

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